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Elina Svitolina (-1.5 sets) to beat Leolia Jeanjean at 1.94 with Unibet
This time around, I'll actually be backing Svitolina, as Jeanjean doesn't seem to have the weapons that are required to trouble her. She's far too erratic from the back of the baseline, she doesn't have a great serve, and she typically lacks confidence as well. She's just a completely different match-up than Bonaventure was, and one that should suit Svitolina.

Ysaline Bonaventure (+4.5) to beat Elina Svitolina at 1.85 with Unibet
I've been both backing and opposing Svitolina recently, and I think this is a good time to oppose her again. Bonaventure is a solid player, she's had some reasonable form recently, and she can hold her own against most players, really. Svitolina hasn't improved as much as I was expecting her to.

That's true, it would have been lovely if Si had won it to become the youngest ever champion but at least Selby didn't get his fifth!

Yeah, I must admit I never ever saw him winning it. He had no form coming into it and normally that snooker isn't sustained for long periods of time. Personally don't think he'll ever do it again and it was a very weak tournament but nevertheless, it's much better to watch snooker like that then the boring stuff. Si will be gutted though because that tournament should have been his looking back. 

WTA Madrid: Begu to beat Sakkari @2.30 with William Hill
Begu as I said the other day is no mug on clay. Sakkari got past Badosa who just felt the nerves too much in front of the home crowd. Sakkari doesn't like being the fave herself with many short price losses. 
So I wanted to look here at Sakkari as a fave on clay when facing the current top 50. She's 8-7. Just in the positive which you would expect to be higher. So who did she beat? Gauff, Alexandrova, Keys, Mertens, Anisimova, Tomljanovic, a list that is hardly busting with clay court specialists. 
Begu can bring her problems, and again I see her being about 2.1 or maybe even a 50/50 shot, so going with Begu here at 2.3.
 

Alexander Zverev to beat Daniil Medvedev at 2.3 with bet365
Medvedev has said he's gonna try harder on clay this season and that's already true to an extent, but I think Sascha is much more devoted to this surface and should prevail today. 

Should be another win for Svitolina today, but the odds are way lower than yesterday. 
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to beat Arantxa Rus at 1.55 with Unibet
This is my short-priced fav for today, as Pavs showed enough to win cleanly yesterday, and, like Svitolina, she seems to be truly interested in winning here. Rus has results only against worse opponents in her recent form book.

Elina Svitolina to beat Elena Gabriela Ruse at 1.62 with William Hill
I'll go with one ITF pick today. This will be Svitolina's second match after her return to the courts, but she performed above the expectations in her first match, and Ruse is in such a bad form herself that I think the odds are worth it. If Svitolina plays like she did against Putintseva, it should be comfortable, even.

Hey take it easy...
Francisco Cerundolo to beat Matteo Berrettini at 1.98 with Unibet
This should be good. Works for me anyway.
Elina Svitolina to beat Elena Gabriela Ruse at 1.62 with Unibet
Tagging along with @CzechPunter on this one as I fully agree with him.
Double acca at 3.21
High stake on this for me.

Well, Walden has to be the bet for today. He has a hell of a record against Un - Nooh and is yet to lose. The only concern is that all of these wins were in short formats / first to 6/.

Miomir Kecmanovic to beat Lorenzo Musetti at 2.00 with William Hill
Miomir looks like the bet for today to me, he's been on the up recently, while Musetti has been going down for a while now, and the rest time should be sufficient for Kecmanovic to have a better shot than the odds suggest imo. If you're losing to Muller on clay, you shouldn't be a fav against Kecmanovic.

Very good betting tip!

Jan-Lennard Struff to beat Albert Ramos at 1.62 with William Hill
Ramos hasn't won a match in ages, and, while the return to clay should help, Struff did rather well in the qualifiers here, and should be primed to win this as well. Beating Varillas and Ruusuvuori is no easy feat, and he should be fitter than Ramos these days as well.

A very happy Casper Ruud and a very sad four-leaf 

Skipping Monte Carlo to lose to Yannick Hanfmann in the 2R in Houston lol 

Will Tiafoe be tanking vs. Johnson in Houston? He is expected to play 1st round in Montecarlo… Houston, even if they play 2 rounds every day, can’t be finished by tomorrow… on the other hand he made Qr last year, and also the final in Estoril… so he is losing some points this week. Anyway, I think I’ll go against him vs. Johnson, and if he beats Johnson I’ll bet again against him in the 2r

Not a bad final so far, I thought Murphy was gone at the interval! 4-4 is a bonus as he would have delighted to take 3-5 I'm sure. It's 50/50 tonight and luck may well decide the outcome.

yeah at 4-0 I didn't expect him to get back to 4-4. I still think Murphy will win it. A good final. 

glad to see him through. Will be a good final. Perfect one for the outrights

Great match from 6-9 down, only 2 tons but surely Kyren will bag it tomorrow as he's had a day off and Shaun must be pooped!

wow. Kvitova defeats Rybakina in straight sets. That's why completing the Sunshine Double is such a rare accomplishment I guess...

This will probably be the best sports highlight of 2023. 
 

This will probably be the best sports highlight of 2023. 
 

I'm going with the current silver medalist here. Khachanov to beat the Argentinean. Short odds (1.38), but what can you do? I feel very confident about this outcome.

I haven't been too excited about the PL recently. Hence, the lack of bets on it. It doesn't seem like the best of value from a betting perspective. I'll have one for tonight though and that's Aspinall to beat Dobey. I'll give a 4-fold accy a try, too. 
5pts Aspinall to beat Dobey 4/5 bet365
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2pt 4-fold - Smith, Aspinall, MVG and Price 5/1 paddypower
2pts Van Gerwen and Price both to hit 2+ 180s and each to hit a 100+ checkout in QF match 5/1 skybet